Director, Engineering (Platform, NGFW) - NetSec
Director, Engineering (Platform, NGFW) - NetSec
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Job Description
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks Next Gen Firewall group is looking for a seasoned and accomplished leader to design develop and deliver next-generation technologies as part of the team. This is a unique opportunity to lead a strong team working on a fast-growing product and scale it to new heights. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground breaking technologies. You will work with a multi-functional team of engineers solving interesting problems in the Routing SDWAN and building new NGFW Platforms. We are looking for leaders who take ownership and are driven to solve problems at every level and have demonstrated experience growing and mentoring teams. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we want leaders who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.
Your Impact
- Lead a growing team of engineers to build a highly functioning software development team
- Drive a results-oriented culture with a strong focus on execution quality and speed
- Hands-on technical leader who can guide the team through complex HW and architectural decisions
- Be a strong partner to peer teams such as QA Dev Ops Product Management and Technical Marketing
- Has a business acumen to steer the right product priorities
- Evangelize the vision internally and externally
- Be able to represent the team and product and all levels
- Work closely with different stakeholders to influence develop and deliver on roadmaps
- Recognize process gaps early and able to motivate change to achieve better outcomes
- Be a strong mentor and coach to the team
- Foster innovation in the organization
Qualifications :
Your Experience
- 20 years of industry experience in software development and management
- BE/ME in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience building and leading software development teams (of at least 20 engineers)
- Strong experience with distributed system architecture cloud based solutions networking devices and protocols high availability and fault tolerance systems
- Strong experience in platform SW development
- Strong experience in control plane and data plane development
- Experience in vendor management and certification
- Knowledge of multi-core/multi-process/multi-threaded programming Experience with network packet processing software development
- Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture Systems engineering Board bringup Platform Drivers Linux Kernel DPDK Peripherals and SOC Bringup.
- Experience in High Availability
- Exposure in core platform development of networking products including Routing
- Track record of recruiting top talent to build and scale teams
- Excellent presentation and organizational skills
- Ability to weigh conflicting priorities and make quick decisions in a dynamic environment
- Strategic thinker with the ability to execute the vision
- Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude
- High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communication skills
Additional Information :
The Team
Our engineering team is an integral part of the Next Generation Firewall space connected directly to the mission of providing world class security solutions. We are constantly innovating challenging the way we and the industry think about firewalls. Our engineers dont shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity excited by the prospect of a challenge and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
